M 4.9 in Samoa on 16 Dec 2017 17:05 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1128880
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 16.42 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.1127 , -173.1355
Event Date: 16 Dec 2017 17:05 UTC
16 Dec 2017 05:05 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2017 17:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Samoa)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c58t Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 165 | About casualties: 35 | Last hour: 0

IL SUD GIÀ E NON ANCORA/ Il Ponte di Calatrava e la rinascita delle ci ... Sun, 17 Dec 2017 07:11:00 +0100.

(Di domenica 17 dicembre 2017) A Cosenza verrà presto inaugurato il Ponte di Calatrava , insieme a un nuovo Planetario. Nelle città del Sud comincia a vedersi una "primavera". : @ElisaDonatini Buongiorno, già sveglia? Non te fanno dormi pr
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Sismo deja tres fallecidos y siete heridos en JavaSun, 17 Dec 2017 06:59:00 +0100.

Medan. Al menos tres personas han muerto y siete resultaron heridas, mientras que 950 edificios han sufrido daños por el terremoto de 6,5 grados de magnitud que golpeó la isla de Java, la principal de Indonesia, y al que le han sucedido 19
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Sismo en Indonesia deja 3 muertos y daños en edificiosSun, 17 Dec 2017 06:58:00 +0100.

Medan (Indonesia).- Cerca de 3 personas han muerto y 7 resultaron heridas, mientras que 950 edificios han sufrido daños por el terremoto de 6,5 grados de magnitud que golpeó la isla de Java, la principal de Indonesia, y al que le han sucedi
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Three dead as strong quake hits IndonesiaSun, 17 Dec 2017 06:16:00 +0100.

Jakarta: At least three people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java, an official said on Saturday. The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres just outside the coastal town of Cipa
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),